Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by our members to be shared.
If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me PRIVATELY
at <dells@voicenet.com>. Include "BX 161" in the subject line.
Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not
specify quantities. It is a good idea to include your snail mail address,
too, in case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come,
first served system. When you receive your seeds/bulbs you will find,
included with them, a statement of how much money (usually $2.00/item)
(cash, check, or Pay Pal to <Arnold@NJ.rr.com>; no money orders, please) you
should send the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing and
first-class, priority-mail, or international postage.
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EACH ORDER FROM PBS BX OFFERINGS.
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If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the PBS,(Donors
will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their donations.),
please send CLEAN, clearly labeled material to:
Dell Sherk
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
USA
I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
From Giorgio Pozzi:
1. Seed of Gladiolus callianthus, (syn. Acidanthera bicolor var. murieliae,
Acidanthera murieliae)
2. Cormlets of #1
From Tsuh Yang Chen:
3. Seed of Sinningia aghensis tall growing, forming large tubers, it's a
sun lover that requires full sun when adult. i'm growing mine in a southern
exposure window and that's still not enough light. dark purple flowers are
held atop very high peduncles. deciduous and goes dormant every year
From Dave Brastow:
SEED:
4. Bensoniella oregana - Not a geophyte, but a member of the
Saxifragaceae family that is both charming and quite rare in the wild.
It is evergreen for me in the maritime northwest of the USA (Tumwater, WA).
It takes the form of a ground cover, has small light cream flowers on 25 cm
tall stems, and has very shiny black seeds that persist long after the seed
capsules open.
5. Erythronium revolutum - Seed from selected garden plants that were
isolated and hand pollinated.
6. Erythronium oregonum - Seed from a plot of ~600 plants rescued in
Thurston County, Washington (USA). The plants from this area are much
whiter than those I've observed further south in Oregon, which can have a
pale green or cream cast.
7. Camassia leichtlinii - Wild collected seed from Thurston County, WA
(USA). Adapted to a maritime climate.
8. Camassia quamash - Wild collected seed from Thurston County, WA (USA).
Adapted to a maritime climate. Jane McGary once wrote, "One particularly
good form is the population ... that grows around Puget Sound".
9. Lilium lancongence - Seed from the first blooming of a young plant,
with nicely marked flowers.
10. Polygonatum cirrhifolium - A robust grower, often reaching 2 meters.
Whorled narrow leaves, with tendril (cirrose) tips. Flowers in axial
clusters, followed by seed that turn a beautiful translucent deep red in the
late fall.
Thank you, Giorgio, Tsuh Yang, and Dave !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, Director, PBS BX